योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-80, verse-16

सर्वेषां चित्तमेवान्तरिन्द्रियाणां प्रबोधकम् ।
तदेव तस्मादुच्छेद्यं पिशाच इव मन्दिरात् ॥ १६ ॥

sarveṣāṃ cittamevāntarindriyāṇāṃ prabodhakam ,
tadeva tasmāducchedyaṃ piśāca iva mandirāt 16

16. sarveṣām cittam eva antaḥindriyāṇām prabodhakam
tat eva tasmāt ucchedyam piśācaḥ iva mandirāt

16. sarveṣām antaḥindriyāṇām prabodhakam cittam eva
tasmāt tat eva piśācaḥ iva mandirāt ucchedyam

16. The mind (citta) alone is the awakener of all the internal senses. Therefore, it should be eradicated, just like an evil spirit (piśāca) from a dwelling.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all, of everything

• चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (citta) (mind, consciousness, thought)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

• अन्तःइन्द्रियाणाम् (antaḥindriyāṇām) - of the inner senses

• प्रबोधकम् (prabodhakam) - awakening, arousing, stimulating, activatior

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• उच्छेद्यम् (ucchedyam) - to be cut off, to be eradicated, to be destroyed

• पिशाचः (piśācaḥ) - evil spirit (piśāca) (demon, evil spirit, ghost)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• मन्दिरात् (mandirāt) - from a dwelling (from a temple, from a dwelling, from a house)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all, of everything

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

चित्तम् (cittam) - mind (citta) (mind, consciousness, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought, intellect

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

अन्तःइन्द्रियाणाम् (antaḥindriyāṇām) - of the inner senses

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of antarindriya

antarindriya - inner sense, internal organ of sense

Compound type : karmadhāraya (antar+indriya)

• antar – internal, inner, within
  indeclinable
• indriya – sense, sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)

प्रबोधकम् (prabodhakam) - awakening, arousing, stimulating, activatior

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prabodhaka

prabodhaka - awakener, stimulator, causing to awaken

agent noun / adjective

Derived from root √budh (to awaken, perceive) with prefix pra- and suffix -aka.

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'cittam'.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'.

उच्छेद्यम् (ucchedyam) - to be cut off, to be eradicated, to be destroyed

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ucchedya

ucchedya - to be cut off, to be destroyed, destructible

gerundive (future passive participle)

Derived from root √chid (to cut, destroy) with prefix ud- and suffix -ya.

Prefix: ud

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'tat (cittam)'.

पिशाचः (piśācaḥ) - evil spirit (piśāca) (demon, evil spirit, ghost)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of piśāca

piśāca - demon, goblin, fiend, evil spirit

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

मन्दिरात् (mandirāt) - from a dwelling (from a temple, from a dwelling, from a house)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mandira

mandira - temple, dwelling, house, abode